An Interview with Ace Hoffman: How Does the Heart Pump?
9.24.10 - Michael F. Shaughnessy - Statistics is always hard. And everyone learns differently. Even if your teacher recommends five different statistics books, none might be right but our program might be just the thing.
Gates R&D Chief Tom Kane on the Nashville Merit Pay Study
9.24.10 - Frederick Hess - In response to my post on the Nashville merit pay study, Gates Foundation research honcho and Harvard professor Tom Kane sent me a really thoughtful, incisive take on the study's limitations. I thought his take so razor-sharp and succinct that I asked if I could share it, and he genially agreed.
Nanny State Goes to College
9.24.10 - Lindsey Burke - The Department of Education (DOE) has proposed new rules for accrediting colleges and universities, including expanding the power of states to authorize higher education institutions, definitions of what constitutes a "credit hour," and de facto price controls through measures to ensure graduates' "gainful employment." According to the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, the new rules